saitoh183Premium
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| [Television] Another Samsung - Cisco question I have a old HD8300 and i plan on changing to to new HD (non PVR) machine. I have been looking around and it seems the Cisco 4642 is 149.99 a bit everywhere (Futureshop,BestBuy and The Brick). I havent seen the Samsung anywhere. Is it only possible to get it in other retailers or only directly from VL?
Also is there still a big diff between the 2? Im going to use my HDPVR (Colossus) with it. I currently use it with HD8300 and it works relatively well (had to configure a double blast to address the machine going to sleep). From what i know since its not a PVR it wont sleep like the HD8300..is this true? |
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| What are you talking about by saying, had to configure a double blast to make the machine going to sleep? |
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saitoh183Premium
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| sorry i meant i had to make a batch file to send 2 blast commands 10 sec apart to wake up PVR so it can change channel. 1 Blast to wake up PVR second to change channel. since the first digit wakes up PVR, it doesnt register as part of channel number so i have to send a second blast |
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saitoh183Premium
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Saint-Eustache, QC | Anyone? |
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said by saitoh183:sorry i meant i had to make a batch file to send 2 blast commands 10 sec apart to wake up PVR so it can change channel. 1 Blast to wake up PVR second to change channel. since the first digit wakes up PVR, it doesnt register as part of channel number so i have to send a second blast
This won't work on the Samsung, or on the Cisco w/ Illio NG. This is one of the many features that were removed from the new OS. |
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GuiGQc
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| said by JoePro:This won't work on the Samsung, or on the Cisco w/ Illio NG. This is one of the many features that were removed from the new OS. You should note that Samsung models aren't compatible with Illico 1 |
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saitoh183Premium
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| reply to JoePro
what do you mean by wont work? Hauppauge Collossus card connected via Component cable to Samsung/Cisco that has NG on it wont work? why not? Forget the double blast i describe, this is just for the SA8300 since the HDD cause the machine to go to sleep. What Feature removed in NG that would not make it work |
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| Now that I think about it, what you're describing *might* be different from the feature removed from Illico NG. There used to be an option to turn on the terminal by pressing one of the numeric keys on the remote. That's gone. I thought that's why you were using the double blast, but I could be mistaken. |
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saitoh183Premium
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| Ah, ic, no, the reason was really because first blast wakes up PVR(first key press didnt register in channel number...ie: 602 would do 02) so second blast insured that i got 602. So now back to topic, should i try to get the samsung or just settle for the Cisco?
@GuiGQc: i have the intention of changing to illico NG with the new machine. All i really care about is getting more speed when tune to a new channel and also have a machine that doesnt go to sleep so i dont have to double blast anymore. |
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